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Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher on Stage by The Hypocrites

(1543 W. Division Ave. Chicago, IL 60622)
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$28.00 - $36.00
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3.9 by 43 members
The Hypocrites presents company founder Sean Graney's world-premiere adaptation of Edgar Allen Poe's dark psychological thriller The Fall of the House of Usher at Chopin Theatre Studio. Filled with terror, suspense and cross-dressing melodrama, this taut tale dives deep into the dark corners of a fractured personality. Poe's short work of fiction set the standard for horror stories in American literature, and Graney's adaptation brings it to vivid life on stage. Company artistic director Halena Kays makes her stage debut for The Hypocrites, joined by company members Tien Doman and Chrisine Stulik as the three sides of one person's disturbed mind.

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The last date listed for The Fall of the House of Usher was Sunday September 23, 2012 / 3:00pm.

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1543 W. Division Ave.
Chicago, IL 60622
773-278-1500
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Aranciata! Get there early to have a drink in the downstairs bar
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3.9 average rating
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3 reviews
4.0
attended Aug 27 2012

A compact, creepy delight, this one-act brings the comedic menace of an Edward Gorey illustration to the macabre storytelling of Edgar Allan Poe. Deliciously unsettling with plenty of tricks up its puffy Victorian sleeves.

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4 reviews
2.0
attended Aug 27 2012

We loved the venue (Chopin Theater) and the production values were inventive. The play itself bored us however. The show was only an hour, and still we were looking at our watches. Not a good sign.
We will try another production by The Hypocrites as we have heard that they usually do phenomenal work.

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32 reviews
5.0
attended Aug 27 2012

loved the show great take on poe's story, nice intimate theater, spooky and well acted

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About the Ticket Supplier: The Hypocrites

Their mission, which is ever-evolving to adapt to the growth of their organization, is to make a Theater of Honesty. They define a Theater of Honesty chiefly through two elements of their work: performance and presentation. In performance, their actors shall employ a genuine emotional vulnerability, rather than manufacturing a disconnected, intellectual version of emotion. In presentation, they shall acknowledge their presence in a theater and embrace high theatricality. Through this balance of an unyielding emotional honesty and accepting a concept of "play," they seek to strengthen the connection between artist and audience, enriching their audience's imaginative experience. Ultimately, they aim, perhaps somewhat naively, to spread understanding within society, thereby minimizing cruelty